Menominee River (Illinois)
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The Menominee River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, which it joins in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. There is also a Menominee River in northeastern Wisconsin and Michigan, and another that flows through metro Milwaukee.
The name "Menominee" refers to the Menominee, a Native American people. The name means "good seed" or "wild rice".
The Menominee arises in Grant County, Wisconsin, and cuts through the northwestern corner of Illinois for about four miles before it joins the Mississippi.
The river is part of the Driftless Area of Illinois, a region that remained ice-free during the last ice age.
